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LABORERS' & OPERATING ENGINEERS' v. PHILIP MORRIS

No. Civ 97-1406 PHX SMM (JWS).

42 F.Supp.2d 943 (1999)

LABORERS' AND OPERATING ENGINEERS' UTILITY AGREEMENT HEALTH & WELFARE TRUST FUND FOR ARIZONA, on behalf of itself and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., R.J. Reynolds, Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, B.A.T. Industries P.L.C., Lorillard Tobacco Company, Liggett Group, Inc., The American Tobacco Company, The Council for Tobacco Research — U.S.A., Inc., The Tobacco Institute, Inc., and Hill & Knowlton, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

January 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry E. Hinkle, Van Bourg Weinberg Roger & Rosenfeld, Oakland, CA, for Laborers and & Operating Eng. Util. Agreement Health & Welfare Trust Fund, on behalf of itself and on behalf of all others similarly situated, plaintiffs.

William J. Maledon, Osborn Maledon PA, Phoenix, AZ, for Philip Morris Incorporated, defendant.

Brian Michael Goodwin, Goodwin Raup PC, Phoenix, AZ, for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, defendant.

Samuel Anderson Thumma, Brown & Bain PA, Phoenix, AZ, for Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation, defendant.

S. Thomas Chandler, Chandler Tullar Udall & Redhair, Tucson, AZ, for B.A.T. Industries P.L.C., defendant.

Pamela M. Overton, O'Connor Cavanagh Anderson Westover Killingsworth & Beshears, Phoenix, AZ, for Lorillard Tobacco Co., defendant.

Rodney Wayne Ott, Bryan Cave LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc., defendant.

Edwin F. Hendricks, Sr., Meyer Hendricks & Bivens PA, Phoenix, AZ, for Tobacco Institute, Inc., defendant.

Louis A. Stahl, Streich Lang PA, Phoenix, AZ, for Hill & Knowlton Inc., defendant.

PRELIMINARY ORDER

SEDWICK, District Judge.

I. PRELIMINARY NATURE OF THIS ORDER

At docket 27, defendants Philip Morris, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Lorillard Tobacco Company. The Council for Tobacco Research-USA, Inc., The Tobacco Institute, and Hill & Knowlton (hereafter collectively referred to as "Philip Morris") move to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim upon...

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